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I think there's value to not sweeping these things under the rug. In the shockingly recent past we've committed atrocious things, and there's nothing stopping u
by robert_foss 7y ago
I think there's value to not sweeping these things under the rug. In the shockingly recent past we've committed atrocious things, and there's nothing stopping us from doing it again apart from us learning from our past.
As for a society honouring it's heroes, it rings a bit hollow when it through persecution killed said heroes. Being honoured when you're dead does you very little good.
- robert_foss 7y agoAs for current atrocities, look no further than the American border, the Chinese surveillance state (and the western hemisphere's complicity & avoiding the issue) or corporate monstrosities like FB enabling the persecution of minorities like the Rohingya.
- GarrisonPrime 7y agoNot beating a dead horse about something isn’t the same as sweeping it under a rug. I’d rather not have every single bit of communication contain a reminder of some past horror.
- SolaceQuantum 7y agoI tend to assume when a past horror is reiterated that it might be new information for someone else. I'd much rather new historical nuance be introduced to a new person over the unpleasant information being privately mine and others left ignorant.